Tag: Sufis
Mullahs Capitulate, Human Rights Lawyer Ends 49-Day Hunger Strike
She concluded her starvation protest after the Iranian dictatorship acceded to her main demand
Libya Fast Becoming the New Iraq
Unlike Iraq, Libya is a back-burner issue, even if the oil-rich country is beginning to look a lot like Iraq. In defending U.S. military force there, President Barack Obama said that "To brush aside America's responsibility as a leader and -– more profoundly -– our responsibilities to our fellow human beings under such circumstances would have been a betrayal of who we are." But with armed militias, car bombs going off, destruction of religious shrines, and Salafi violence, what does the current state of Libya say about who we are?